CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We’re getting great reports from the doctors. This is an incredible hospital, Walter Reed. The work they do is just absolutely amazing, and I want to thank them all — the nurses, the doctors, everybody here.
I’ve also gotten to meet some of the soldiers and the first responders and — what a group. I also think we’re gonna pay a little surprise to some of the great patriots that we have out on the street, and they’ve been out there for a long time, and they’ve got Trump flags, and they love our country…
But I just when I look at the enthusiasm — and we have enthusiasm like probably nobody’s ever had — our people that love the job we’re doing. We have more enthusiasm than maybe anybody.”
-Donald Trump via David Jackson and Courtney Subramanian, “‘Interesting journey’: Donald Trump drives by supporters outside Walter Reed, claims progress in another video,” usatoday.com, Oct. 4, 2020
[Note: Donald Trump was being treated for coronavirus as a patient at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center when he released this statement on video.]